Boyne City, Michigan is a small town in Charlevoix County located on the shores of Lake Charlevoix. This small community is an important part of the local political landscape, with elections held for various posts in local government including mayor and city council. The city also has strong representation in Lansing at the state level, with local representatives advocating for the needs and priorities of the people of Boyne City. As a result, there are important issues that are discussed during election cycles such as infrastructure investments, economic development initiatives, and environmental protection measures. The citizens of Boyne City take their civic responsibilities seriously, participating actively in elections to ensure that their voices are heard. Through this process, they have been able to make positive changes in their community while preserving its unique character and identity.
The political climate in Zip 49712 (Boyne City, MI) is moderately conservative.
Charlevoix County, MI is moderately conservative. In Charlevoix County, MI 40.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Charlevoix county remained very strongly Republican, 57.8% to 40.7%.
Charlevoix county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49712 (Boyne City, MI) is moderately conservative.
Boyne City, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Charlevoix County, Michigan is moderately conservative.
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Michigan is leaning liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Boyne City, Michigan: R R r R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 49712 (Boyne City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 433 contributions totaling $27,224 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 94 contributions totaling $17,229 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $183 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)